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This is the ship that my wife and I travelled on to make a new life for ourselves in Australia in 1964 as 10 quid Poms. After tearful farewells at home we travelled to Southampton for a voyage into the unknown. The ship looked very big as we went up the gangplank. Obviously, it was crammed with families, couples and singles that had made the very large decision to leave home in a big way. As it turned out the “Fairstar” was very small compared with ships of today. My wife had made several trips to and from India in years past as a member of an Indian Army family and she advised me of all the protections against seasickness. When we got into the Indian Ocean I was one of a very few that turned up for breakfast. My wife was in the Medical Ward! When we hit the Monsoon the Captain advised us that the seas were too much for the stabilizers and they had been turned off. Even less people on deck – however passages below decks were awash with vomit and it was easy to walk on the walls. After a month we were very glad to arrive in Adelaide and meet the natives! The “Fairstar”, of course, spent its later life as a cruise ship around the Pacific Islands.